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Originally Posted by mike99

Well,

I did more experimenting.

Using google maps, I set the GPS management to manual under options. I set COM4 port and tried all baud rates. As the rate went up, the lag decreased. At the rate of 0 (last option down the list), the lag was minimal at 65mph using bridges as points of reference.

Then I went back to TeleNav, and there was no difference. Lag was as bad as before. I opened google maps again, and again the lag was minimal, position detection was more accurate, and my seetings have not changed (still was on manual).

I was wandering if those setting changes applied to google maps only and if there was a way to make them apply to all GPS based programs???

I did notice that downloaded data soared from 100-200 kb at 4800 baud rate to 2000kb at 0.

Any comments or thoughts?

Thanks

Google maps is the only software i have used that lets you manually set the com AND set baud. Live Search allows manual com setting. I have found that for me anyway, both apps seem to work better when manually set to com 4. Might just be my imagination though. As for different baud rates and the GPS lag with google maps, I will have to look into this.